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...litter in state parks. Bottle bills in two states in which their effect was measured saved enough energy in one. Oregon, to supply house heating needs of 50,000 people, and in the other, Vermont, with a more severe climate, recycling saved enough to heat 15,000 homes. Ms. M.C. Bingham Gleaview...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bottle Bill | 3/22/1983 | See Source »

Perhaps because of her personal involvement in the situation. Ms. Schwartz is unable to see clearly the true function of the Turnhalle Alliance. It is completely irrelevant to the Namibian situation whether or not Clemens Kapuuo won the Schwartz family over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Namibia | 1/4/1983 | See Source »

...introspective personal account, Ms. Schwartz neglected to include any mention of the human lives lost every day that the "moderate" Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) remains in power, in direct violation of international law. Ms. Schwartz, 9500 safe miles from Windhoek, can only lament the "death of dreams," but the people of Namibia are living in a situation that can only be described as an all too real, all too hellish nightmare. According to a briefing paper put out by the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa. "The infant mortality rate for Whites...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Namibia | 1/4/1983 | See Source »

Clearly there is a need for change. Yet Ms. Schwartz, like so many Westerners, seems unwilling to recognize the validity of legitimate resistance movements against colonial powers in Africa. She refers to SWAPO as "nationalist," "far-left" and "terrorists," but the U.N., and the rest of the world, for that matter, recognizes it as the only legitimate representatives of the Namibian people. More importantly, SWAPO enjoys wide support in Namibia, and most experts agree that it would win if an internationally supervised plebiscite were to be held. The organization is multi-racial, and its membership encompasses all of Namibia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Namibia | 1/4/1983 | See Source »

...last point worth our attention is the notion of "working within the system." This implies that the system is worth working in. In Namibia, or in South Africa, this is clearly not the case. Would Ms. Schwartz have urged the early American patriots to work within the system, or the laborers in Poland or even the Jews in Nazi Germany to "work within the system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Namibia | 1/4/1983 | See Source »

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